Breda Ba.19

Ba.19
Role	Military aerobatic trainer
Manufacturer	Breda
Designer	Cesare Pallavicino
First flight	1928
Introduction	1931
Primary user	Regia Aeronautica
Number built	42

A Ba.19 under the wing of the Breda CC.20 heavy bomber prototype.

The Breda Ba.19 was an Italian single-seat aerobatic biplane aircraft developed as an air force trainer in 1928.

Design and development

The Breda Ba.19 was a single-bay, unequal-span, unstaggered biplane of conventional configuration which seated its pilot in an open cockpit. A few Ba.19s were produced as two-seaters with a second open cockpit in tandem with the first.

Operational history

The Ba.19s were used throughout the 1930s for display flights by the Squadriglia di Alta Acrobazia Aerea, performing formation aerobatics.

Operators

 Kingdom of Italy

• Regia Aeronautica
  • Squadriglia di Alta Acrobazia Aerea

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 1, pilot
• Length: 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 25.0 m² (269 ft²)
• Empty weight: 735 kg (1,620 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Alfa Romeo licence-built Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial, 149 kW (200 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (131 mph)
• Range: 840 km (522 miles)
• Service ceiling: 7,000^[1] m (22,960 ft)

See also

References

Notes

1. Angelucci 1983, p. 124.

Bibliography

• Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914–1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 195.

External links

• "Breda 19."